Tyreem Raheem Thompson was eulogised as being a jovial student who was involved in school activities and social clubs. He was a caring son who loved his father dearly and could do no wrong in his father’s eyes.

The 15-year-old passed away on February 6, 2017, and was interred at the Dovecot Memorial Park following a thanksgiving service at the Arnold Road Seventh-day Adventist Church in Kingston on Sunday, March 12, 2017.

Tyreem was a very active member of the Grupo Cativeiro Capoeira – Jamaica, and never missed a class or training despite his illness. He enjoyed playing football.

Jackie Bryan, the guidance counsellor at Haile Selassie High, remembered Tyreem as a polite student who was humble, yet gregarious. “He was a good student with great potential and will be sorely missed by his classmates and teachers at Haile Selassie,” she declared.

Claudette Innis, the reading teacher at Liberty Hall: The Legacy of Marcus Garvey, where Tyreem was a student for seven years, said that he was a caring young boy who was quick to share and always had a smile on his face. Of course, sometimes he still had his “boyish” ways. “Tyreem was always determined to learn. He was very excited when he got a certificate at school for doing well in Information Technology class,” said Ms Innis.

Tyreem Thompson was born on February 27, 2001 to parents Colleen Scott and Desmond Thompson in Kingston at the Victoria Jubilee Hospital. He was later diagnosed with sickle cell anaemia and was an outpatient at the University Hospital of the West Indies. Tyreem attended All Saints Infant School where he obtained his early childhood education, then went on to Calabar Primary and Junior High School where he did examinations. He was a student at Haile Selassie High School at the time of his passing.

Tyreem died leaving mother Colleen, father Desmond, three sisters, four brothers and a host of other relatives and friends.